Combination fish skinning scaling and knife tool

ABSTRACT

A hand manipulated device for cutting, skinning, and scaling fish. This device consists primarily of a pair of pivotable members with jaws, one of the jaws receiving a cutting blade or a scaling blade.

United States Patent Heuer, Sr. Nov. 13, 1973 [54] COMBINATION FISHSKINNING SCALING 2,434,550 1/1948 Daniel 17/68 AND KNIFE O 717,20612/1902 Jacoby 17/68 [76] Inventor: Walter Cyrus l-leuer, Sr., 5928Spruce Kansas clty' 64130 Primary ExaminerRobert Peshock [22] Filed: May8, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 251,246

[57] ABSTRACT [52] U.S. Cl. 17/68 [51] 1 Int. Cl. A22c 25/00 A handmanipulated device for cutting, skinning, and [58] Field of Search17/68, 69 scaling fish. This device consists primarily of a pair ofpivotable members with jaws, one of the jaws receiv- [56] ReferencesCited 'ing a cutting blade or a scaling blade.

UNITED STATES PATENTS I 2,654,120 10/1953 Tifft 17/68 1 Claim, 2 DrawingFigures COMBINATION FISH SKINNING SCALING AND KNIFE TOOL This inventionrelates to hand tools, and more particularly to a combination fishskinning, scaling, and knife tool.

It is therefore the primary purpose of this invention to provide acombination tool which will have the capability of being used for avariety of purposes in preparing fish.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combination tool whichwill consist of a pair of pivotable levers having jaws for gripping theskin of a fish in order to remove the skin therefrom.

Another object of this invention is to provide a tool of the typedescribed, which will have one of the jaws slotted so as to removablyreceive a cutting blade or a scaling member.

A further object of this invention is to provide a combination tool ofthe type described, which will have setscrew means for the removablecomponents stationary.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a combination fishskinning, scaling, and knife tool which is simple in design, inexpensiveto manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use and efficient inoperation.

These and other objects will be readily evident upon a study of thefollowing specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the present invention shown partly broken awaywith a scaling blade shown secured therein; and

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the invention showing a knife bladetherein.

According to this invention, a combination tool is shown to have ahandle 11 and a handle 12 which are pivotally secured together by meansof screw fastener 13. Handle 11 is terminated at one end by ajaw l4 andhandle 12 is terminated at one end by an oppositely opposed jaw 15. Jawsl4 and are used to grippingly engage the skin of fish so to be scaled.

It will be noted that jaws 14 and 15 of tool 10 maybe used for a varietyof purposes in a well known manner.

Jaw 15 is provided with a elongated slot 16 which may removably receiveblade 17 having teeth 18 for use in scaling a fish.

A removable cutting blade 19 may also be received within slot 16 for usein slitting a fish. Jaw 15 is provided with a set screw 20 for renderingblade 17 or blade 19 secure within the slot 16 and set screw 20 is ofthe well known type that utilizes a rod type wrench of hexagonal crosssectional configuration.

In use, a fish maybe scaled by placing blade 17 within the slot 16 ofjaw 15. The blade 17 is then secured by means of the set screw 20. Theuser grasps the handles 11 and 12 and pivots them closed after which theteeth 19 maybe used to remove the scales from the fish.

The cutting blade 19 maybe subsittuted for blade 17 in order to slit theskin of the fish. Jaws l4 and 15 maybe closed upon the skin in order toapply a pulling motion so as to remove the skin from the fish. Thecutting blade 19, when secured within slot 16 of jaw 15, is used, alsofor opening the abdominal cavity of the fish.

What I now claim is:

1. A combination tool for skinning, scaling, and cutting a fish,comprising in combination a pair of pviotally connected handles, jawmeans carried by said handles for grippingly engaging portions of afish, a removable scaling blade carried by said tool and a removablecutting blade carried by said tool, said handles being terminated at oneend by jaw members comprising said jaw means, said jaw members beingused for grippingly engaging portions of a fish, and one of said jawmembers being provided with a straight slot along an outer edge thereoffor receiving either said scaling blade or said cutting blade, said slotbeing at approximately right angle to an axis of said handle with whichsaid jaw is integral, said scaling blade being smooth on onelongitudinal edge and provided with a plurality of equally spaced apartteeth on the opposite longitudinal edge, said teeth providing a meansfor removing scales from said fish, said cutting blade comprising agenerally triangular flat member with arcuate opposite side edges thattaper to a point, said cutting blade and said scaling blade when placedwithin said slot being held fast by means of a said screw threaded insaid jaw and bearing against one of the sides of said blades in order toencroach upon it so that it may be held fast without movement when thetool is used for cutting or scaling.

1. A combination tool for skinning, scaling, and cutting a fish,comprising in combination a pair of pviotally connected handles, jawmeans carried by said handles for grippingly engaging portions of afish, a removable scaling blade carried by said tool and a removablecutting blade carried by said tool, said handles being terminated at oneend by jaw members comprising said jaw means, said jaw members beinguSed for grippingly engaging portions of a fish, and one of said jawmembers being provided with a straight slot along an outer edge thereoffor receiving either said scaling blade or said cutting blade, said slotbeing at approximately right angle to an axis of said handle with whichsaid jaw is integral, said scaling blade being smooth on onelongitudinal edge and provided with a plurality of equally spaced apartteeth on the opposite longitudinal edge, said teeth providing a meansfor removing scales from said fish, said cutting blade comprising agenerally triangular flat member with arcuate opposite side edges thattaper to a point, said cutting blade and said scaling blade when placedwithin said slot being held fast by means of a said screw threaded insaid jaw and bearing against one of the sides of said blades in order toencroach upon it so that it may be held fast without movement when thetool is used for cutting or scaling.